CANADA STOCKS-TSX set to open lower after Brussels attacks

March 22 (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a lower
opening for Canada's main stock index on Tuesday after deadly
blasts in Brussels dampened investor sentiment and prompted a
flight towards safe-haven assets such as gold.

June futures on the S&P TSX index were down 0.45
percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.

No major economic events are scheduled for the day.

Canada's main stock index ended higher on Monday, helped by
financial and telecom stocks and by a surge in Valeant
Pharmaceuticals International Inc after it parted ways
with its CEO and invited an activist investor to its
board.

Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were
down 0.15 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures
were down 0.24 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures
were down 0.28 percent.

A move by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc
to single out two former top executives over its accounting
problems is likely a bid to win leniency with government
agencies investigating the drugmaker, according to accounting
and securities experts.
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